Ever since I was little, I was the child that was fascinated by nature and all of the small critters it held. As I got older I came to love the lesser known, and typically lesser loved, animals. I found a large niche of friends and second family at reptile expos and wildlife centers that I worked at as I built my collection of reptiles that began with my African Fat-tailed gecko in 2015. I married the love of my life in 2021 and our mutual love for animals helped grow our small family over the years.

As a sponge for knowledge, I started researching bioactive enclosures to better my care and with that, led me to fall in love with the lesser known hobby of isopods. As I researched how to care for these new species, I discovered that a lot of the information about these tiny beings was extremely spread out between different small groups of keepers. I began to build a care sheet to gather the information I was learning so I could reference it and realized that a care sheet like this was a community need.